Win dow-frame



Patented'Apr. 12, 1892.

1 Tins co., rno'ro-1mco.. WASHINGTON, n c

. UNITED} STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

HERMANN GOESE, OF'MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WINDOW-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,757, dated April 12, 1892.

7 Application filed October 2, 1891, Serial No. 407,554. (No model.) i

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN GOESE, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and

in the State of Wisconsin, have invented cer-i tain new and useful Improvements in Win dow-Frames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a window-frame from which the sash may be removed without the removal of the finishstrips or parting-rail; and it therefore consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and'subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of a portion of a win dow-frame embodying my invention; Fig. 2,

i a detail elevation, partly in section, illustrating a locking mechanism for that portion of the frame that may be disengaged from the remainder for the purpose of removing the sash, this movable portion being shown out of its normal position; Fig. 3, a rear elevation illustrating said locking mechanism; Fig. 4, a horizontal section taken on line 4 4 of the preceding figure; Fig. 5, a'plan view of a guide that constitutes part of my invention; Fig. 6, an elevation of a portion of the removable part of the window-frame; Fig. 7, a horizontal section on line 7 7 of the preceding figure; Fig. 8, a perspective view of a portion of the locking mechanism, and Fig. 9 a horizontal section on line 9 9 of Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents one side of an ordinary window-frame, provided with the usual removable section B; butinsuch awindow-frame this sectionthereof is usually independent of the parting-rail O and generally of less length than a sash D, it

- being only designed as aclosure for an open- To overcome the disadvantages just enumerated, I employ the following construction: The removable section B above'described is given a length equal to or greater than that of the'sash D, and a like length of the parting-rail C is made fast to this removable section or integral therewith, as best shown, in Figs. 7 and 9.. A casting E, having abeveled top face I) and a notched tongue 0 centrally disposed on this face, is fitted to the upper end of the frame-section B,and another casting F, having abeveled bottom edge (1 and a centrally-disposed tongue 6, is fitted to the lower'end of said frame-section, the tongue on each casting being at an angle corresponding to that of'the adjacent beveled face or edge.

Fitted to the pulley-piece G of the window-frame are castings II I, respectively opposed to the ones E F on the removable h, secured at one end to said casting and having its other end impinged against the latch. A prongiof the latch extends through a suitable opening in the casting H to engage with the notch j in the tongue 0 on the casting E, that is fitted on the'upper end of the frame-section B, and said latch is preferably provided with another prong 70, also designed to engage with the notch in said tongue.

In the normal position of the parts the frame-section B is heldflush'with the pulleypiece G by the latch-prong 1', as illustrated in Fig. 1; but if said frame-section is pushed back the latch-prong It comes into play to limit its movement, as shown in Fig. 2; but if this frame-section is to be taken out the latch is raised far enough to have the latter prong thereof clear the tongue 0 on the casting E.

To facilitate the handling of the frame-sec- In addition to the gui-detion B, I provide the same with one or more finger-sockets m on its outer side, as is best shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

By lifting the spring-controlled latch and 5 pushingbacktheframe-sectionBenoughclearance is obtained, as shown in Fig. 9, to swing;

out the sash D it the latter be hung on cords 'n, that connect with sash-weights, (not shown,)

or to permit of the taking away of said sash no if not so hung. In either event the sash may be cleaned on both sides by the operator within the building'towhichit belongs, it being understood that'eitherthe swinging orv taking away of said sash is permissible, because a portion of the parting-rail 0 having a'length equal'to or gr'eate'r than the aforesaid sash is mo'v'ed'back' outot th'e"'\vay,"this portion of said parting-rail being i'n'one' pie'ce'with or jrigidly secured to the frame section V B, as above described.

Togetata'sash-weight the section B and that portion of the partin'g-rail 0 Virtually inf one? piece 'therewith are removed from the win'dow fia'mea'n d as either the moving bae'kf or e'ntir'e'rei'noval ot 'said'fraine-section and 5 ing', tongue-'and-groov'e castings connecting the'ex'tremiti'es of said opening with those of the'closure, and suitable means for locking said'closufre in'eithera normalor retracted,

position, subs'tantial'ly' asset forth 4o 2.'In a'w'indow-frame, a side thereof r vided with an opening, a closure for the opening, tongue-and-groove castings connecting the extremities of said openings with those of the closure, and a spring-controlled latch that engages one of the closure-castings when said 5 closure is in either a normal or retracted position, substantially as set forth. 3. In a Window-frame, a side thereof provided with an opening, grooved castings secured to the frame at the extremities of the opening, a closure for the opening, tonguec'asti-ngs-secure'dto'the ends of-the closure for engagement-withthe grooved castings aforesaid, and a slidinglatch for engagement with one of the tongue-castings, substantially as set forth.

' 4. In a window-frame, aside'thereof pro- "vided with an'opening, castings secured to the 'frame' at the extremitiesof the opening and provided with grooved lugs, a closure for theop'ening, carrying a portion'of the relative parting-rail, castings secured to the ends of the closure and provided with tonguesffo'r'engagement with thegrooved lugs onthe" former castings, one of these tonguesbeing notched," and a vertically-disposed sliding latch having a prongfor engagement with the notched tongue on said closure when the latterfis' in'its' normal position, and another V prong that engages' saidnotohed tongu'e'wheh 7o theafores'a'id olosure'is moved back to give clearance for a sash, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that'I claim the'foregoing I have h'ereu nto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wiscousin, in the presence'of two witnesses.

r I-IERMANN GOESE. Witnesses: g N; E. OLIPHANT, WM; KLUG. 

